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New Products • ICs & Semiconductors
New LGA-Packaged MOSFETs Help Maximize
Efficiency and Battery Life in Space Limited Smart
Phone and Tablet PC Applications
TI Boosts Battery Run-Time in Portable Medical and
Industrial Devices
Texas Instruments (TI) has introduced a small and accurate Li-Ion battery fuel gauge integrated circuit, the bq27421,
which boosts battery run-time in portable medical devices,
such as wearable health monitors and industrial devices such
as inventory scanners and portable emergency lights and other
consumer electronics.
Leveraging TI’s proven Impedance Track advanced battery technology typically used in tablets and smartphones, the
bq27421 system-side fuel gauge in a 9-ball chipscale (WCSP)
package accurately reports remaining battery capacity, state-ofcharge and battery voltage, allowing portable devices to extend
run-time by 50 percent or higher.
“Users of portable medical and other electronics need an
accurate prediction of remaining battery capacity to better
manage their mobile device and decide when to recharge or
replace the battery. Whether it’s a blood glucose meter, wearable patient monitor bracelet or portable inventory scanner,
you need accurate information to make good decisions,” said
Steve Lambouses, vice president of battery management. “TI’s
fuel gauges give consumers the battery information they can
depend on, maximizing the level of convenience with their
battery-powered devices and allowing them to get more runtime out of their batteries.”
Designers can use the pre-configured “plug-and-play”
bq27421 fuel gauge with TI’s new Gauge Studio software tool
to simplify battery gauging design. The file size of the Gauge
Studio design tool is about ten times smaller than TI’s previous
software, dramatically minimizing configuration and system
firmware development. The bq27421EVM-G1A evaluation
development kit is available for $49.
The bq27421 battery fuel gauge is available now in a 1.5mm by 1.5-mm by 0.5-mm, 9-ball WCSP package, and is priced
at $1.20 in 1,000-unit quantities. A QFN package version is
sampling to select customers, and is expected to be available in
volume production in the fourth quarter.
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Battery Power • September/October 2013
ON Semiconductor has introduced two MOSFET devices
designed for use in smart phone and tablet PC applications
where they provide a crucial part of the Lithium ion (Li-ion)
battery charging / discharging protection circuit switching. The
EFC6601R and EFC6602R help designers to reduce solution
size, improve efficiency and maximize battery life.
Suitable for single or dual Li-ion cell implementations,
the RoHS compliant devices offer leading levels of RDS (on)
performance and employ a Land Grid Array (LGA) structure to
give them a small, low-profile design that makes them well suited for the limited space environment typical of smart phone and
tablet PC applications. The EFC6601R has a specified maximum
VSSS (source to source voltage) of 24 V, and the EFC6602R has
a specified maximum VSSS of 12 V. Both devices operate from
a 2.5 V supply, have a common-drain structure and a built-in
protection diode.
“Since the introduction of lithium ion batteries ON Semiconductor has been developing and supplying charging/discharging protection circuit switching MOSFETs,” said Takashi
Akiba, general manager of MOS products for ON Semiconductor’s SANYO Semiconductor Products Group. “Our accumulated knowledge and expertise has enabled us to create these
highly miniaturized devices that further help extend the battery
life and enhance efficiency.”
ON Semiconductor plans to add five further devices to the
EFC MOSFET family within the year that will help designers of
an even wider range of mobile devices achieve their application
objectives for reducing solution size and extending battery life.
The EFC6601R and EFC6602R are offered in halogen-free
EFCP packages and are $0.80 and $1.00 in 5,000 unit quantities.
Power Integrations Teams with Qualcomm
Technologies on Rapid-Charging Technology for
Mobile Devices
Power Integrations has introduced CHY100, the first AC-DC
wall-charger interface IC that enables designers of mobile devices to implement the Quick Charge 2.0 protocol from Qualcomm
Technologies, Inc. Launched earlier this year, Quick Charge 2.0
enables users to charge mobile devices up to 75 percent faster
than when using conventional technology, while maintaining
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